Inert .50 Cal Browning Round – MF 1987 Headstamp | Australian Footscray Cold War .50 BMG Cartridge 3rd series allowing enthusiasts to gain a

allowing enthusiasts to gain a hands-on understanding of how these classic machine guns would operate under live-fire conditions without the associated risks

offering a rare glimpse into the eyewear used by Royal Air Force personnel before the mid-war introduction of the G Type sunglasses

Home Front

Collectors value it for its historical significance and as a poignant link to the sacrifices made on the British home front during one of history's most turbulent periods

S – Standard brass cartridge case (67% copper brass alloy)

Inert .50 Cal Browning Round – MF 1987 Headstamp | Australian Footscray Cold War .50 BMG Cartridge 3rd series allowing enthusiasts to gain aOriginal inert . 50 Cal Browning machine gun round featuring an MF 1987 headstamp, manufactured at the famous Footscray Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Melbourne, Australia. Deep research confirms that post 1949 MF headstamps were used by the former MG Footscray factory, redesignated back to MF and continuing production through the Cold War period. This 1987 dated example represents late Cold War Australian production of the iconic 12. 799mm NATO (. 50